Roku High School

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Mai's POV

My name is Mai and I'm a Goth. I'm a sophomore at Roku High School and I didn't have any friends, well except my best friend, Ty Lee. Ty Lee and I have been friends since kindergarten. Ty Lee's very nice but she gets mad when someone insulted her about the way she looks and about her personality. She wears a lot of pink! I remember when my mother keeps buying me pink clothes and I had to give it all to charity.

Ty Lee is a sophomore like me and she joins the cheer squad, the science club, drama, and gymnastics. She joined gymnastics since she was six so she's been on the gymnastics team for eight years. I think she's going to stop this year since she turned out to be very flexible. Whenever I'm lonely, she's always there for me.

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This morning, my alarm clock went off, and I pressed the snooze button. I continued to sleep until my mom shook me awake. She said," Mai, wake up; you're going to be late for school!" I groaned as I buried my face into my pillow. I heard my mom say," Fine. If you want to be late then I'm not going to buy you anymore clothes." She left the room.

I crawled out of my bed and stretched by my bed. I went to the bathroom to go take a shower and brushed my teeth. Then I went back to my room with a towel wrapped around me and put on my clothes that I laid out on the top of my dresser. Good thing I lay out my clothes every night before I go to bed.

I put on a black, long sleeve shirt and a black skirt with fishnet leggings underneath. I put on my black eyeliner and some lip gloss. I put up my hair in separate buns (suppose to be the hairstyle that she wears in the show). I looked around the room for my boots and I don't see them anywhere. So I looked under my bed and here they are. I pulled them out from underneath there and put them on. I grabbed my backpack that was sitting by my door and walked out of my room.

I walked down the stairs to kitchen. When I got to the kitchen, I saw my baby brother, Tom-tom playing with fire in his palm. My mother is cooking breakfast while my dad is sitting at the table reading the newspaper and drinking his coffee. I noticed that Tom-tom is going to burn my dad's jacket.

I went over to my brother and told him," No, Tom-tom what did I tell you about playing with fire. I know you wanted to be like Daddy but you can't play with fire without an adult supervision. You have to be older in older to learn how to control your firebending. Could you please be a good boy and not play with fire?"

I heard my mother said," Mai, I'm impressed. You explained to Tom-tom about not playing with fire so I won't have to tell him like a thousand times." My dad looked up from his newspaper and said," Hmph." My dad gets angry at me every morning and I don't why. I think it's probably because of my taste in clothing and everything. I shrugged as I walked over to the fruit bowl to grab myself an apple before I left to mansion.

I walked all the way to my high school known as Roku High School. Mr. Roku is the principle and he's cool. When I finally got to high school, I went to my locker to go get my books. I enter my lock combination and opened my locker to grab my history and science book. After I closed my locker, my best friend, Ty Lee is standing right next to me. She's wearing a pink skirt with a pink skirt, and a pair of sandals. She wore her hair up in a braid.

Ty Lee said," Hi Mai, how are you today", with a smile. I smiled back and said," Good, how are you?" Ty Lee hugged me and chirped," I'm GREAT!" She let go of me in case I need to breathe because she hugs really tight that it knocks the air out of you.

As we're started walking, I accidentally bumped into this guy with a small pile of papers and fell down. I sat up and said," I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you", as I help him pick up his papers. "That's okay", replied this guy in a calming voice. I couldn't see his face because his black is in his face and he's also looking down. When we both looked up at each other, the boy's eyes were amazing pools of amber. His face has no blemishes except he had a nasty scar over his left eye. I wonder what happened to him. He's wearing a black T-shirt with a skull in the middle and a pair of black pants with chains hanging at the sides.

He stood up with his mall stack of papers in his hand, and offered me his other hand. He said," Sorry that I bump into you, I wasn't watching where I was going", as he helped me get back on my feet after I picked up both of my books. He looked into my eyes and said," My names Zuko and I'm new student her at Roku High, and I'm also a senior."

I said," I'm Mai and I'm sophomore." Ty Lee cut in between me and Zuko and said," My name is Ty Lee and I'm Mai's best friend", with a wide grin. Zuko looked at her like she's weird and looked back at me. He said," Mai, I like your name. Sounds pretty." "Thanks", I replied with a blush.

We heard the doors slam open and looked in that direction where the sound came from. It was Jet and his gang. Jet walked in the hallway giving people high fives. Jet is wearing a white tanktop with ripped up jeans went about 3 inches down so it will show his black boxers. The two people that stood behind were Longshot and Smellerbee. I think I got their names right. Longshot wore a baseball cap backwards. He wears a leather jacket and baggy pants. Smellerbee wears a black T-shirt with black pants.

Zuko asked," Who were these guys?" I glared at the gang and said," That's Jet and his gang! You better stay away from them because their nothing but trouble." Then Jet noticed me and spins his way towards me. He leaned with his hand on a locker and said," Hey there pretty lady, how's my girlfriend doing today?" I'm still glaring at him and I said," Doing fine and how many times do I have to tell you, I'm not your GIRLFRIEND!"

My word angered Jet. Jet grabbed my shoulders and slammed me against the lockers very hard. I fell to the floor, rubbing my shoulders. I looked up and saw that Jet is now really angry with me. He said," I've asked you to be my girlfriend for about a hundred times and you still say no! Why won't you be my girlfriend?" "Because you are not her type, Jet", replied Ty Lee with anger in her voice. It's nice to have Ty lee support me but now Jet is going to kick me.

I squeezed my eyes shut when Jet was ready to kick me but then I heard a strong voice that stopped him. I opened my eyes and it was a girl, who is wearing black pants with a red shirt and a black jacket. Her hair is put up in a bun with her long bangs hanging in her face. She's kneeling down and had her hand on Jet's foot to stop him from trying to kick me. She squeezed his foot and pushed him back.

She stood up and said," Did you know that guys weren't suppose to hit girls? Don't think so! You better stay away from her or I'll have to do this the hard way! Is that understood", cracking her knuckles and glaring at him.

"Phfft", was all in Jet's reply as he walked away along with his gang.

The girl turned to face me, Ty Lee, and Zuko. She said," Are you okay?" I looked up at her and nodded. Zuko helped me up and picked up my books for me. I blushed and said," Ummmm thank you", as I took my books from his arms.

The girl said," Well, looks like my brother has made new friends huh? I'm glad you did, Zuko." Ty Lee and I were surprised that the girl is Zuko's sister. Ty Lee said," Zuko's your brother?" "Well yeah, we're new student here at this school because our other high school that we went to was a really bad school. So here we are", replied the girl, who is shrugged her shoulders.

I said," Who are you?" The girl moved her bangs out of her face with her fingers and she said," Oh I forgot to introduce myself. My names Azula and I bet you and your friend already meet my brother. I'm also a sophomore." Ty Lee came up to Azula and said," I'm Ty Lee and this is my best friend, Mai. We're also sophomores too!"

Azula looked at me and said," Well, Mai, there things in life that you should learn. You need to stick up to yourself about the situation you're getting into. That guy who wanted to kick you seems to like want you to be his girlfriend but you said no because he's nothing but bad news. Am I right?" I nodded.

Azula said," All my life, I helped Zuko with situations that he got into throughout the years. We use to fight when we were children but now we're starting to get along and starting to know each other. I'll admit that I was being obnoxious around Zuko most of the time but I just had to learn to think these things through. Right Zuko?"

Zuko nodded and said," Yeah, Mai, you need to do something about that situation or you'll end up with a miserable life. Stick up to yourself by telling someone about this situation that you're getting into. Alright?" I smiled and nodded. It's nice to meet a couple of friends who understand about problems as well. Then the bell rang and I went my first period class, hoping that Zuko will be in my class with me.

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This is my first modern maizu story so please be nice! What do you think?